TOTAL RECALL: State Senate Showdown

Recall Tracker: Open Records Requests; Press Club Appearances; and More

A recap of news and events surrounding the Alberta Darling and Sandy Pasch race for Wisconsin's 8th Senate District, and other recall races in the state.

Liberal Group Sues Darling Over Open Records Request Liberal group One Wisconsin Now has filed an official complaint in Dane County Circuit Court alleging that state Sen. Alberta Darling ignored their open records request. “She has repeatedly ignored a reasonable open records request and we have been forced to file this lawsuit because Sen. Alberta Darling thinks the laws of Wisconsin do not apply to her,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the group. Tea Party Express to Rally for Darling The Tea Party Express will roll into Wisconsin Friday, making a stop in Thiensville Saturday in support of Darling and her battle to keep her 8th District Senate seat. The rally will kick off around 5:30 p.m. at Thiensville Village Park and occurs …

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UPDATE: Unions Sue to Block Supreme Court's Reinstatement of Controversial Budget Repair Bill

Justices says Dane County judge erred when she shot down bill that strips public employees of most bargaining rights.

UPDATE: Public employee unions filed a lawsuit today to block implementation of the budget repair bill and sweeping changes to public sector unions and collective bargaining, according to this report on JSOnline.com.  The lawsuit filed by six unions, including AFL-CIO and WEAC, is posted on WisPolitics.com. The suit does not seek to overturn the increased health and pension contributions but does move to protect bargaining over all economic and non-economic working conditions for public employees. In a blow to Wisconsin's public employee unions, the state Supreme Court late Tuesday overturned a lower court's ruling that a committee of Republican lawmakers violated open meetings laws when they approved the budget repair bill that strips …

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